Mechanical toy



W. F. PAUTZKE.

MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLICATLON FILED APR. 10, 1918.

1,336,756. Pat nted Apr- 13, 1920.

fnvenzor WILLIAM F. PAUTZKE, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Apr. 13, 1920.,

Application filed April 10, 1918. Serial No. 227,633.

be set in motion by a simple manual operation carried out by areciprocating rubbing stroke along one side of the part'which supportssaid moving figure.

For this purpose the invention comprises a supporting rod to which amovable fig ure is attached, and the rod is notched along one of itslongitudinal edges, to the end that a pencil or the like reciprocatingalong this notched edge will impart such vibratory movement to the rodas to actuatethe movable figure in the desired manner.

It is a further object to provide a unique and compact structure adaptedto be housed in a neat, handy box, and the whole comprises parts ofsimple construction and having nothing that is likely to get out oforder.

With these objects in view the invention will now be described withreference-to the accompanying drawing illustrating one form ofconstruction which has been 'devised for embodying the same, after whichthe novel features sought to be protected by patent will be defined inthe appended claim.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy constructionembodying the present improvements, the parts being disconnected andhoused in a box of a form constituting a suitable receptacle for saidparts;

Fig. 2 is perspective view of the toy arranged to include a dancingfigure and showing the manner of manipulating the same, the broken linesrepresenting one of the positions said figure assumes in operation; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the toy arranged to include awhirling element in lieu of the dancing figure.

Referring to the drawing .in detail, the

toy is illustrated as comprising a rod or bar 4 of any convenient lengthand preferably of angular cross-section having one of its longitudinaledges provided with a series of notches 6. Into one end of the rod 4 isinserted a pin 8, which, in the preferred form of the invention,pivotally carries a dancing figure 10, having jointed arms and legsasillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, said figure 10 bemg attached andsupported by passing the pin 8 through a hole 12 in the body portion ofsaid figure 10.

The toy as thus constructed is operated by holding the rod or bar a inone of the hands of the operator, while with his other hand hemanipulates a pencil 1a or the like alon the row of notches 6, givingsaid pencil a quick reciprocating stroke. During this operation thefigure 10 is supported so that its feet will be within reach of asuitable resounding surface, such as the top surface of a box 16. Thedescribed manipstrokes of the pencil and with somewhat greater pressurethereon, the movements of the dancing figure may be made more or lessexaggerated, as illustrated by the broken lines in Fig. 2, thusresulting in very comical or ludicrous antics on the part of saiddancing figure.

In Fig. 3 is illustrated a modification in which the dancing figure isreplaced by what may be termed a Whirligig element 18 comprising a shortthin fiat strip with a central perforation 20 adapted toreceive the pin8, whereby said strip may be pivotally attached to the end of the rod orbar 4. The operation of this modification is similar to that alreadydescribed, by manipulating the pencil 14 along the notches 6 of the baror rod 4 for the purpose of causing rotation of said whirling element18,

the vibratory movement of the rod as to I cause its free end to exert awhirling action on the strip or element 18. It is found that thedirection of rotation of said ele- 'ment is reversed by shifting thepressure of the thumb or finger from one side of the row of notches tothe other side thereof, 1 while the pencil is being reciprocated alongsaid notches, and also that said rotary movement is entirely stopped bysimply disengaging both the thumb and finger from the rod.

The parts of the device are such that they may be conveniently andcompactly housed within the box 16. This box is simply formed of a pairof hinged leaves one of which is provided with a shallow recess 24 foraccommodating the thin flat strip 18, while both leaves of the box areprovided with mating recesses 26 and 28 for accommodating the bulkierparts of the toy,

namely, the rod 4 and dancing figure 10 respectively, as shown in Fig.1.

It will thus be apparent that a simple, neat, compact and inexpensiveconstruction has been devised for carrying out the ,desired objects ofthe inventiom, and while I 1,sse,7ee

have illustrated and described practical and convenient forms ofembodiment of the improvements, I desire to reserve the right to makesuch formal chan es or modifications as may fairly fall within the scopeof the ap ended claim. I

aving described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A mechanical toyconstruction comprising a bar provided with alongitudinal series of notches along one side thereof, a jointed dancingfigurepivotally connected to one end of the bar; a member havin aresounding surface associated with the eet of said'figure, and aninstrument adapted to be reciprocated in engagement with said 40 notchesfor actuating said figure to simulate dancing movements and cause thefeet of said figure to execute a clog dance on said surface.

WILLIAM F.- PAU In w'itnew whereof I aflixmy s irgnature.

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